An elderly Bath man is being forced to keep an unwanted wheelie bin on a deck he built especially for his motorbike.

The local authority has told Lynn Harrington they will deliver a 140L wheelie bin to his Oldfield Park home in the next couple of months.

The bin is among about 62,000 being delivered across Bath and North East Somerset ahead of changes to rubbish collections being introduced on November 6.

But Mr Harrington will have to store it in the spot where he parks his prized Harley Davidson motorbike because the council turned down his request for an alternative bin container.

Lynn Harrison with his motorbike outside his home in Oldfield Park (Image: Artur Lesniak)

Mr Harrington emailed the council asking them to deliver a reusable rubbish bag instead of a bin to his Junction Road home.

He explained that he and his wife were both pensioners and would find it “virtually impossible” to drag a wheelie bin from the rear basement garden of their split-level house up the narrow winding staircase to street level on collection days.

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“I do understand that you may not want to keep the bin on your front decking with the motorbike,” Mr Shields said.

“But unfortunately we are unable to offer an alternative as there appears to be adequate space for you to accommodate the bin.”

Mr Harrington said he was appalled by the decision.

“I’m rather disgusted but it doesn’t surprise me,” he said.

“They’re now trying to justify spending £2.4 million on this and they’re going to make damn sure that everyone has a wheelie bin and not a bin bag when they implied in the beginning that people would have a choice.”

Councillor Will Sandry thinks the council should have been more flexible (Image: Kevin Bates)